Violation (album)

Violation
Studio album by
Starz
Released1977
Recorded1977
StudioRecord Plant and A&R Recording, New York City
GenreHeavy metal
Length36:00
LabelCapitol
ProducerJack Douglas
Starz chronology
Starz
(1976) 		Violation
(1977) 		Attention Shoppers!
(1978)

Violation is the second studio album by the American band Starz, released in 1977.[1] The single "Cherry Baby" peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1977.[2] It was the band's highest-charting single.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[4]
Record MirrorStarStarStar[5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

The New Rolling Stone Album Guide gave the album zero stars.[6] Martin Popoff, in The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade, called Violation a "proto-hair metal semi-classic".[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Starz, except as noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cherry Baby" 3:47
2."Rock Six Times" 3:15
3."Sing It, Shout It"Jon Parrot, Sean Delaney5:10
4."Violation" 4:26
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Subway Terror"3:45
2."All Night Long"3:26
3."Cool One"3:40
4."S. T. E. A. D. Y."5:25
5."Is That a Street Light or the Moon?"3:06
2005 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Do It with the Lights On" (demo version)3:34
11."Cool One" (demo version)3:22
12."Rock This Town" (demo version)2:47

Personnel

Starz
  • Michael Lee Smith – vocals
  • Richie Ranno – guitar
  • Brendan Harkin – guitar
  • Pieter "Pete" Sweval – bass
  • Joe X. Dube – drums
Production
  • Jack Douglas – producer
  • Jay Messina – engineer
  • Sam Ginsberg, Dave Martone – assistant engineers

References

  1. ^ Lanham, Tom (December 16, 2005). "Starz: Band that should have made it makes comeback". Oakland Tribune. Music. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Billboard Hot 100™". www.billboard.com. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  3. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Starz Violation review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 253–254. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  5. ^ Brown, David (April 30, 1977). "Albums: Starz – Violation". Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 22. ISSN 0144-5804.
  6. ^ a b The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 487.
  7. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Quarto Publishing Group USA. p. 24.
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